It's time to stop. We're approaching mid-April and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End has been winning awards for what feels like an eternity now. The title took home the coveted Best Game gong at the BAFTAs overnight, despite the excellent INSIDE scooping four other awards on the night.
PlayStation 4 exclusive The Last Guardian won the audio achievement award, while Overcooked rustled up the Best British Game and Best Family Game. Multiplayer went to Overwatch, of course, while Firewatch scouted out Best Debut and Best Performer in Cissy Jones.
The full list of winners can be found through here.
[source bafta.org]
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Uncharted is a well deserving game for the Bafta. Whilst I maybe a bit critical of it from the story (my opinion - its a departure from the franchise in a number of ways), and even the way they 'borrowed' from MGS and Last of Us in some places, I can't deny it was the best crafted game of 2016 and absolutely astonishing what they achieved with this title. Its a technical masterpiece and a real showcase for the talents of Naughty Dog and well deserved.
A deserving winner, to be fair, and I'm really happy to see The Last Guardian come away with an award, though it's a shame to only see one side of its design win something!
Couldn't really take issue with any of the awards. Even for performances as Delilah in Firewatch was an amazing character.
Can't believe it's almost been a year since UC4 came out. May 10th- the day I got my PS4
To me, still the best game of this generation. Deserves all the recognition. Also who could get tired of hearing Nolan North on stage?
Is it just me or is Uncharted a very dumbed-down game for accomplished gamers?
I loved the Vita game, but as a showcase for the system. I'll admit I've never played Uncharted on PS3 or PS4; take away the graphics, isn't is very linear, no exploration and no actual skill involved?
How on Earth does it win these awards when GTA Online, Horizon and others actually craft a full world for people to explore and forge better abilities, provide repeat play, etc?
I know I'm in the minority here, I just can't see why it's game of the year when all the pazzazz and graphics-crunching bear all the interactivity of an oil painting 😬
Can't argue with many of the winners.
So pleased that Overcooked received TWO awards! Very well deserved.
@Galvatron an oddly strong opinion considering you've never played it and yes it's a bit linear but that's intentional. So comparing it to GTA online and Horizon is a bit strange as it's not trying to be an open world, not to mention neither of those came out last year so they couldn't have won anyway. Game of the year is open to all genres whether it be an FPS, driving game, open world or whatever, personally I think GTAV and online are pretty poor but many love it. More importantly I enjoy many different types of games and try to judge them on their own merits
@Galvatron 'a very dumbed down game for accomplished gamers'...'never played Uncharted on PS3 or PS4'
What a dumbed down opinion.
@Galvatron What the heck is an "accomplished gamer" supposed to be outside the context of e-sports?
Can it best the last of us for the most game of the year award, the plot thickens..
@Galvatron It's just you
@carlos82 - I totally understand different flavours, but gaming is an interactive medium and personally I'm not a fan of popular titles dumbing down akin to a cinematic film. I did play a few levels of Uncharted 2 & 3, and the Vita release, enjoying the latter but U4, game of the year? Based on what, exactly? I don't hear many people raving about it now, unlike The Last of Us, GTA V, etc - past the story, there is little incentive for repeat play. I cite those games as they share longevity, surely a factor in an award for Game of The Year....
By the same token, I found Dark Souls 1-3 a pale imitation of Demons Souls, they spiked up difficulty and it lost its originality.
I do respect other peeps don't agree, though. Time to batton down the hatches.....
Oh, accomplished gamers refers to those happy to invest in full control schemes etc in games, as opposed to press x to start a cutscene with no control.
@Galvatron Why don't you actually play them and find out for yourself?
@Galvatron Here's Uncharted 4's control scheme. As you can see, it's basically Dragon's Lair. Certainly not for accomplished gamers like yourself.
@Galvatron You could say that about something like Gear of War then.
Uncharted 4 is amazing game definitely well deserved.
@get2sammyb - I think I might actually do that and buy it as it's £23 on Amazon......
...maybe 😬
Considering how Western-centric these awards usually are, next year it will be interesting with P5, BotW and things like Nier or Nioh.
No objections with Uncharted.
Absolutely deserved.uncharted 4 was a marvel to behold. I've played through 4 times and crushing mode, took a lot of skill.
@Galvatron
Wow, reap the whirlwind huh?
The responses here are some of the reason it wins so much - people ADORE these games. They are also super accessible, and something of a flagship series for PS and Sony. When I binged through U4 in December, even my wife was interested (hates most games other than GTA or racing in general).
I've played them all except 3 (inc. Vita game), and think they are good.
At the risk of attracting my own slice of whirlwind, I agree with you that they are a bit linear - but that's what people like about them, besides if you'd like an open world version, the newer Tomb Raider games hit that spot for me.
The gameplay difficulty can be adjusted, particularly by turning off the hints/button prompts.
Lastly, there is clear development through the series - U4 on ps4 is vastly superior to U1 on ps3, some people have only played the earlier games years ago and think 'what's the fuss?', but U4 really holds its own. ND have almost carved out their own sub-genre of the third person action game.
If you compare U4 to a really poor example of the style - the order 1866 - you can really feel the difference.
Anyway, it's definitely worth £23, so give it a go.
@CountFunkula78 - I'm just note convinced really, but you've gone furthest to make me ponder the purchase, before you mentioned Tomb Raider....which after Horizon & Persona I think will be next!
I respect your experience of U4, mind you I'm one of those who was equally bewildered by all the praise for Witcher 3 which I found second-rate in combat and general execution. Ditto Bloodborne.
Funny you mention 1886 I bought it played for 2-3 hours then never again!
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